A Time Domain Envelope Vectorial Network Analyzer for Non-linear Measurement Based Modeling Accounting Impedance Mismatches

Author

Reveyrand, T. ; Soury, A. ; Macraigne, F. ; Nanfack, G. ; Barataud, D. ; Nébus, J.M. ; Ngoya, E.

Author_Institution

XLIM-UMR CNRS, Limoges

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 April 2006

Firstpage

1119

Lastpage

1122

Abstract

This paper presents a measurement setup which enables power amplifier characterization driven by radio frequency modulated signals. Incident and reflected absolutes waves at both ports of the device under test can be measured even in a source pull or load pull environment. The structure and the calibration procedure of the setup are explained. Measurements examples are shown and then used in order to generate a new kind of complex envelope behavioral model. This model is taking into account both high frequency memory effect and loading impedance mismatch

Keywords

S-parameters; calibration; impedance matching; network analysers; power amplifiers; time-domain analysis; transient analysers; impedance mismatch; incident absolutes waves; power amplifier measurements; radio frequency modulated signals; reflected absolutes waves; time domain envelope; vectorial network analyzer; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Impedance measurement; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Time domain analysis; Time measurement; Nonlinear scattering parameters; modelling; power amplifier measurements; sytem systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Sorrento

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9359-7

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2006.328383

Filename

4124512